CASE DETAIL : SUGIRTHA v. GOWTHAM, SLP (C) NO. 18240 OF 2024
Observing that the health of a child cannot be compromised while deciding the disputes between the parents, the Supreme Court recently modified the directions allowing interim visitation rights to a father.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and PB Varale allowed an appeal against the order of the Madras High Court to a limited extent of modifying the place of visitation for the father to meet his 2-year-old daughter at a place where the mother along with the minor daughter resides.
“The interest of the minor child is paramount. In the process of adjudicating upon the rights of the parents, her health cannot be compromised,” the Court observed while holding that the visitation rights of the parent cannot be at the cost of health and well-being of the child.
